The Times Book of English VerseEdward Leeson Times Books, 2004 - 703 pages |
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Page 146
... called His legions - angel forms , who lay entranced Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa , where th'Etrurian shades High over - arched embower ; or scattered sedge Afloat , when with fierce winds Orion armed ...
... called His legions - angel forms , who lay entranced Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa , where th'Etrurian shades High over - arched embower ; or scattered sedge Afloat , when with fierce winds Orion armed ...
Page 157
... called In secret , riding through the air she comes , Lured with the smell of infant blood , to dance With Lapland witches , while the labouring moon Eclipses at their charms . The other shape If shape it might be called that shape had ...
... called In secret , riding through the air she comes , Lured with the smell of infant blood , to dance With Lapland witches , while the labouring moon Eclipses at their charms . The other shape If shape it might be called that shape had ...
Page 376
... called The Excursion but in the preface he informed his readers that ' this is only a portion of a poem ' and ' it belongs to the second part of a long and laborious work , which is to consist of three parts ' . The work would be called ...
... called The Excursion but in the preface he informed his readers that ' this is only a portion of a poem ' and ' it belongs to the second part of a long and laborious work , which is to consist of three parts ' . The work would be called ...
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